Healthy Snacks for Mums

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Healthy snacks are every tired mum’s best friend.

Whether you’re struggling with a newborn, trying to keep up with a toddler, flat out with school runs and / or juggling work with parenting…

Reaching for a healthy snack will keep you going and stop you craving sugar.

Which is important.

Why?

Because sugar is an exhausted mum’s worst enemy!

It makes you hyper for a short while and then makes you feel even more super shattered and cranky than you were previously.

The trick is to look for healthy snacks that are low GI and which keep you feeling full for longer.

Plus these kinds of healthy snack will help you top up essential nutrients that lots of mums are short on including iron, calcium and vitamins B and D.

Stock up on Healthy Snacks

I’ve been stocking up on a good range of healthy snacks that I can grab quickly out of the cupboard and the fridge.

I’ve found I feel much better if I make sure I have a healthy snack mid morning and mid afternoon, as this means I’m less likely to grab something sugary when I’m famished.

I’m also trying to make sure I pack myself a couple of snacks when we go out so I’m less tempted to grab a coffee to keep me going as this just creates the same high and low energy swings as sugar.

If you’re looking for some ideas to keep up your energy levels and to keep your weight under control, try any of these that you love from the list below:

Healthy Snacks for Tired Mums

Tub of plain almonds

Tub of walnuts

Handful of sunflower seeds

Home made trail mix full of nuts & seeds

Dried apricots – they should be brown rather than bright orange which means they are full of colouring

An avocado – drizzled in balsamic vinegar

Tub of berries e.g. raspberries, blackberries

An apple, pear or peach

Half a grapefruit for a sit down snack

A good handful of cherries

3 or 4 plums

Fruit salad of strawberry, kiwi & grape (not as low GI as other fruit in list but still low)

Oat cakes … I totally adore Nairns… failing all else, they are my go to snack

Whole grain crackers

Whole meal pitta breads

Home made granola or cereal bars

Yoghurt – full fat no sugar is better than low fat with sugar (if you’re in the UK the wonderful Yeo Valley do a low fat yoghurt with no sugar)

A tiny amount of very good dark chocolate – whenever possible I buy Fair Trade chocolate so that the producers earn enough to support their families themselves and grow their communities … I adore Green & Black …